Shawn Marshall Brewer, 28, of St. Ignace pleaded guilty in Dickinson County Circuit Court to possession of methamphetamine, a 10-year felony, as a habitual offender-fourth, which increases the maximum penalty to life in prison.

The Dickinson County Prosecutor’s Office dismissed felony charges of possession with intent to deliver or manufacture methamphetamine and possession of a short-barreled shotgun.

Brewer will be sentenced Jan. 22.

Bryan Christopher Ray, 38, of Gwinn pleaded guilty to possession of burglar’s tools, a 10-year felony.

SHAWN BREWER

In exchange, prosecutors dismissed felony charges of possession with intent to deliver or manufacture methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine and possession of a short-barreled shotgun.

Sentencing was set for Dec. 18.

Iron Mountain police approached a vehicle in a motel parking lot July 6 after receiving a tip of suspected drug activity, according to the initial IMPD press release.

Brewer and Ray were in the vehicle, along with 19-year-old Dimon Markea Thompson of Gwinn and 21-year-old Paige Marie Wade of Rapid River.

Officers searching the vehicle found components of a methamphetamine lab, methamphetamine, an uncapped hypodermic needle, a sawed-off shotgun, a handgun and burglary tools, according to the criminal complaint.

Thompson and Wade already have been sentenced on misdemeanor charges to jail and probation.